Kristi Eaton

kristi.eaton@gmail.com
Kristieaton.com
Twitter & Instagram: @kristieaton (verified Twitter account)
Phone: +1 918.804.1012
EXPERIENCE
Freelance journalist
2009 to present
-Focus on travel, health, womens issues, indigenous issues and breaking news
-Pitch, report and write stories for clients including The Associated Press, the Washington Post, Marie Claire, NBC
News, Al Jazeera America, Curbed.com, Women's eNews, Indian Country Today Media Network, Travel Weekly and
other international and national broadcast stations and magazines
-Report from Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and the USA
Author & blogger | The History Press
Oklahoma, USA | 2013 to present
-Pitched, reported, wrote and took pictures for book about the people, places and events that shaped Oklahomas Main
Streets. The History Press released The Main Streets of Oklahoma: Okie Stories from Every County in fall 2014.
-Photographed and documented Main Streets throughout the United States at mainstreetamericaphotos.tumblr.com
-Received local and national press for the book. I continue to hold book signings and author talks throughout the state.
Reporter & photographer | The Associated Press
Oklahoma City & Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA | 2011 to 2014
-Covered Native American tribes, rural America, breaking news, politics and anything quirky and offbeat
-Images published in media outlets around the world, including BuzzFeed, Australian Associated Press and the Los
Angeles Times
-Educated and engaged through regular posts on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
-Appeared on Fox News On the Record with Greta Van Susteren to discuss criminal case
Reporter | The Saipan Tribune
Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | 2008 to 2009
-Covered the Legislature, the Governors Office, the Public School System and the utilities corporation for the daily
paper
-Wrote extensively about islands' ongoing power crisis and transition to federal immigration and labor laws
Reporter | Divided Families
Arizona State University | 2007
-Traveled to the Arizona-Mexico border, Guadalajara and Veracruz to report and write two in-depth pieces on families
divided by the border

Editor-in-chief, city editor, reporter, magazine writer | The State Press

Arizona State University | 2004 to 2007
-Edited and planned content for the daily paper. I managed a staff of approximately 50 students for the daily print
newspaper that had a circulation of 18,000.
AWARDS
-Associated Press: Best of States, Beat of the Week honorable mentions, Breaking News Staffer of the Month
-Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, multiple awards in magazine writing
-Great Plains Journalism Awards, multiple awards in magazine writing
-Parenting Publications of America, Gold award in feature writing for my first-person account of childhood battle with
anorexia
-Arizona State University: Deans List, Charles Stauffer Memorial Scholarship, Sun Devil Academic Scholarship,
Arizona Press Club Scholarship
SKILLS
Photography; AP style; copy editing; editing audio; LexisNexis; social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr,
Pinterest, WordPress); Photoshop and InDesign; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; Google search.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Mass Communication, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass
Communication at Arizona State University, May 2008
Photography and Italian language courses, American Institute for Foreign Study in Rome, Italy, Spring 2008
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Spanish study in Guatemala, 2015
Communications & fundraising officer at a non-governmental organization in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2015
Freelance travel and news writing in Thailand, Myanmar, Guatemala, Portugal, Greece, Antigua, 2009 to present
Living and working on Saipan with frequent travel to Asia and throughout the Pacific Rim, 2008 to 2009
Study abroad in Italy and travel throughout Western Europe, 2008
Semester reporting class with frequent trips to Mexico, 2007
WORKSHOPS
Breaking news and source development, The Associated Press, 2012-2013, Chicago and Phoenix
UNESCO Pacific Climate Change Roundtable for media representatives, 2008, Apia, Samoa
VOLUNTEERING
Communications & fundraising officer at a non-governmental organization in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2015
Created content for Curbside Chronicle, a street newspaper to end homelessness, Oklahoma City, 2014
Mentored Bhutanese refugees in South Dakota, 2011-2013